Sony Vaio RZ-series opinions

[vwcrusher]

I am strongly thinking of one of these systems for the following reasons:

- I have a dozen or so analog video tapes I want to digitize, edit and burn into DVDs.

- I take lots of digital pictures and want to be able to make slide shows, etc.
- I need a more robust system than I have now.

Any good reasons NOT to pursue?

Thanks in advance,
Allen

[kas187]

well the sony vaio machines arent too bad, i have one PCRX405 all standard stuff, dual 30GB hardrive, 256 MBram upgraded to 764 but what i can tell you is that if you plan to capture convert videos you will need much more GB, Try to have a 2 seperate harddrives with a quick processor, someone here is bound to tell you something.

Hvae you considered having a customised machine.

[vwcrusher]

Kas,

Thanks for the reply. The reason I decided not to go for a customized machine is I am concerned about compatibility between all the hardware and software components I would need. With the Sony I do not have that issue. Reading many posts, it seems that the most often topic complained about is that a certain component doesn't work as advertised.

[kas187]

vwcrusher,

i dont think you would have many problems with hardware and software issues if you were to have a customised machine, are you referring to something specific? If ur not sure what type of machine ur after then simply ask here.

I also was considering myself buying a machine solely for capturing and converting and i got ton of help from here, see the below thread
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=169539&highlight=

kas

[sumibas]

I had a Sony vai PCVrx-462 DS. Very good m/c with every thing You want in once M/C. The Draw backs are

1. Expandabliy
2. Support
3. Heat - gets heated up when doing rendering or encoding.

i upgraded the m/c With my own build one nver had any Compatiblity so far (5 months)

my set up

ASUS P4p800 Deluxe
512 DDR400
2.53 Ghz P4
120 GB HD and 80 GB HD
Sony DRU500
Pioneer DVD 116

Very very stable can over clok to 3 ghz stable at 40 C temp on CPU and 39 C on MB